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KS3 Science discovery list
Further activities and fun topics outside of everyday
science lessons
Books to read
Horrible science (various titles
including: chemical chaos, ugly
bugs and shocking electricity)
The award winning series based on horrible
histories, revealing unknown facts about
science
500 things you should know about science
Covering the science of everything from
underwater to space
Ever wondered how to make Slime or how to
build a rocket? Richard Hammond’s guide to
experiments to try at home.
Richard Hammond, Blast
Lab
Clive Gifford, Robots
How robots are used in everyday life, from
spying, to medicine, to the film industry
The Ultimate book of science
Places to visit
Science and Industry museum, Manchester
http://www.mosi.org.uk/
Catalyst science discovery
centre, Widnes
http://www.catalyst.org.uk/
National Space Centre, Leicester
http://www.spacecentre.co.uk/Page.aspx/1/Home/
Blue planet aquarium, South Wirral
http://www.blueplanetaquarium.com/
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A multi venue museum focusing on
Manchester’s science and industry past.
The main building includes ‘Xperiment’,
the hands on centre at the museum (reopens mid Dec)
An interactive science centre and
museum focusing on chemistry in
everyday life
The UK’s largest space visitor centre
with hands-on exhibitions and space
theatre
Largest aquarium centre in the northwest designed to take the visitor through
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different marine environments
The award winning national children’s
museum
Eureka! Halifax
http://www.eureka.org.
uk/
Science museum, London
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/
World renown national science museum
Websites
Http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/scie
nce/
http://www.tryscience.org/home.html
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/
flash/index.html
BBC bitesize science: Science games,
stories and news
Try science: your online resource for
experiments and interactive activities.
NASA kid’s club: Get involved in space
exploration with games and activities.
Programmes
Bang goes the theory
Richard Hammond’s blast
lab
Deadly 60
A light hearted look at
scientific theories and how
hoe science shapes our
world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bang/
Entertaining science game
show, full of odd experiments
and scientific facts
Tracking down 60 of the
world deadliest creatures
BBC 1
CBBC
BBC2
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People to research
Charles Darwin
Galileo Galilei
Leonardo Da Vinci
Dmitri Mendeleev
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
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Author of ‘On the Origin of the species’ and
champion of the idea of evolution,
particularly the pattern of natural selection
One of the most famous names in science,
Galileo invented the telescope and proved
the world was round
Inventor, Engineer, Scientist and artist
Author of the first Periodic table
One of the most famous physicists of all
time, whose writings and theories include
special relativity, general relativity and waveparticle duality.
Defined the Laws of motion, used in classical
mechanics and modern engineering.
Developed a theory for colour
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